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city clerk told us the meeting was not published and in local newspaper in the last 36 hours there for the city charter states the meeting cannot be held. the alcohol tax is one item on the agenda of their expected to pick up the discussion at next week's meeting. >> huge temperature change over the past 24 hours temperatures are down quite a bit over yesterday's reading. as low as 13 degrees in oakland to 26 in concord in livermore that's forcing for the most part. cooler weather into tomorrow awful forecast is coming up. my mercury moment happened during our family camping trip. i grabbed my son a juice box...and left the cooler lid open. twenty minutes later, all our hot dogs were gone. and so was most of the car. my mercury agent, steve, told me the car was covered. i switched to mercury because i saved hundreds of dollars on my car insurance, but it was the service that really made me a happy camper... er...ex-camper. call 888-4-mercury or visit mercuryinsurance.com to get a fast, free quote and start saving today. three possible school closures in richmond to tell you about of ke
city clerk told us the meeting was not published and in local newspaper in the last 36 hours there for the city charter states the meeting cannot be held. the alcohol tax is one item on the agenda of their expected to pick up the discussion at next week's meeting. >> huge temperature change over the past 24 hours temperatures are down quite a bit over yesterday's reading. as low as 13 degrees in oakland to 26 in concord in livermore that's forcing for the most part. cooler weather into...
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nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on how the president plans to rescue the economy. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. today the president will deliver that speech in a state where one of his harshest critics is from, republican leader john boehner, and from a region that's been hit hard by unemployment. the president's expected to urge congress to let the bush tax cuts expire for the wealthy, individuals earning over $200,000 and couples over the $250,000. plus, he wants to spend $50 billion on transportation projects and create $200 billion in business tax breaks, allowing small businesses to write off capital investments next year, giving them more cash to hire new workers. >> we're talking investments in tomorrow that are creating hundreds of thousands of private sector jobs right now. >> all of it paid for by ending tax breaks for big companies. republicans say it's the wrong approach. >> i don't think the american people want any more stimulus spending coming out of washington. we need to get our arms around the out-of-control spending. >> it's a pro
nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington with more on how the president plans to rescue the economy. tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. today the president will deliver that speech in a state where one of his harshest critics is from, republican leader john boehner, and from a region that's been hit hard by unemployment. the president's expected to urge congress to let the bush tax cuts expire for the wealthy, individuals earning over $200,000 and couples over the $250,000....
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get california working again-for all of us. >>> welcome back. one of the toughest jobs in sports has to be that of the baseball pitcher. on the tiny hill, all alone, and usually the one to blame when things go wrong. it went very wrong for rosario, making his big league debut. giving up two runs. and javier vasquez, hitting three straight tampa bay batters, last one brings in a run, and yankees lose at home. come on, javier. >> come on. >> come on, javier. >> thank you for choosing nbc. we'll see you back here tomorrow. bye-bye. as the ceo of hp, carly fiorina laid off 30,000 workers. when you're talking about massive layoffs, which we did... perhaps the work needs to be done somewhere else. [ male announcer ] fiorina shipped jobs to china. and while californians lost their jobs, fiorina tripled her salary. bought a million dollar yacht. and five corporate jets. i'm proud of what i did at hp. [ male announcer ] carly fiorina. outsourcing jobs. out for herself. [ barbara boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message.
get california working again-for all of us. >>> welcome back. one of the toughest jobs in sports has to be that of the baseball pitcher. on the tiny hill, all alone, and usually the one to blame when things go wrong. it went very wrong for rosario, making his big league debut. giving up two runs. and javier vasquez, hitting three straight tampa bay batters, last one brings in a run, and yankees lose at home. come on, javier. >> come on. >> come on, javier. >> thank...
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in turn use see prices dip. more headlines and a moment, let's go back inside another live look at the james lick. we saw wet roads, they continue to exist here in 7101. speaking of sfo more than likely we will see delays. normally that would come about 6 1/3 year so we're delays. normally that would come about 6 1/3 year so we're keeping an eye on them. ñn saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a good one: state farm insures 40 million drivers. more than geico and progressive combined. i saved because i'm accident-free. of course, with so many ways to save including discounts of up to 40%, having that many customers shouldn't be a surprise. so ask a neighbor about state farm, then call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. oh, see, this is the back to school list. the cost always makes mom freak. mommy. mom. hey, mom. good times. mom, the back to school list is here. looks expensive. graphing calculator, flash dr
in turn use see prices dip. more headlines and a moment, let's go back inside another live look at the james lick. we saw wet roads, they continue to exist here in 7101. speaking of sfo more than likely we will see delays. normally that would come about 6 1/3 year so we're delays. normally that would come about 6 1/3 year so we're keeping an eye on them. ñn saving money. and like baseball people love their stats. i started bringing my lunch to work -- 50 bucks a week in my pocket. here's a...
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but it ended up working out for us. >> padres and cardinals in st. louis, john carlin one out rbi single to matt holiday to give the cardinals an early lead. cardinals threatening to take three out of four from san diego. it was a great day for adam wainwright to be on the mound. one run in eight innings. he picks up the 19th win, 4-1 the final. giants once again half a game ahead of the padres with 12 games left. colorado is 1 1/2 games back after an extra inning loss to the dodgers. monday bobby kramer picks up his first win. today the 30-year-old rookie made it two in a row. two runs, five innings and 2/3. mark ellis crushes one to left. fourth of the season for the a's second baseman. the a's win 6-2 and take two out of three. two weeks in the season, the raiders have a quarterback controversy thanks to another heroic perform answer from bruce gradkowski. oakland hosting st. louis. no score. first quarter, the rookie for a touchdown. two touchdown in his second career game. 7-3 remains before the half. jason campbell picked off. 87 yards in the f
but it ended up working out for us. >> padres and cardinals in st. louis, john carlin one out rbi single to matt holiday to give the cardinals an early lead. cardinals threatening to take three out of four from san diego. it was a great day for adam wainwright to be on the mound. one run in eight innings. he picks up the 19th win, 4-1 the final. giants once again half a game ahead of the padres with 12 games left. colorado is 1 1/2 games back after an extra inning loss to the dodgers....
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and thanks for being with us. well, get ready for a drencher, up and down the east coast today, with air delays stretching nationwide. >> it's all because of a powerful storm system, already spawning possible tornadoes and tearing apart trees. we begin coverage now with emily schmidt. >> reporter: it's hard to know, looking at all of the rain falling all along the east coast. if people are testing the water. >> first tropical storm i've ever been in. so, it's kind of cool. >> reporter: or is the water testing them? north carolina's governor declared a state of emergency, after wilmington at 18 inches of rain since sunday. 4 months worth of water in 100 hours. one inch more would top a record set by hurricane floyd a decade ago. for landscape businesses, it's disappointing. >> it hurts you. like four days in the house doing nothing. >> reporter: for others, it's disorienting. >> i normally make my swing around to go to this box over here. to deliver. and the pavement, you know. >> reporter: clarence williams drives
and thanks for being with us. well, get ready for a drencher, up and down the east coast today, with air delays stretching nationwide. >> it's all because of a powerful storm system, already spawning possible tornadoes and tearing apart trees. we begin coverage now with emily schmidt. >> reporter: it's hard to know, looking at all of the rain falling all along the east coast. if people are testing the water. >> first tropical storm i've ever been in. so, it's kind of cool....
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you just told us who makes the cameo. it's melanie fiona and common. >> questlove: well, maybe i did. maybe i didn't. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, i'll pick it up anyways. >> yo, yo, yo, jimmy. let me get my time, man. >> jimmy: oh, kamal, yeah. go ahead, buddy. >> yeah, yeah. a big shout out to shoe laces, baby. they keep the sneaks on your feet. [ laughter ] they come in black, white, red, or any other color you can possibly dream of. i mean, it's nuts! without them we would be running around barefoot all the time getting cuts and scrapes and ruining pedicures. yo, shoe laces! because velcro is for lames. stupid! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i like velcro. >> yo, jimmy, stop hating. let me get on. jimmy, let me get on. >> jimmy: okay. morgan murphy, one of our writers. morgan, go ahead. >> yeah, i want to give a shout out here to the starbucks pumpkin spice latte. okay? [ scattered cheers ] it's like some dude said, "damn, i love coffee, but how come it don't taste more like pumpkins?" [ light laughter ] right? and
you just told us who makes the cameo. it's melanie fiona and common. >> questlove: well, maybe i did. maybe i didn't. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay, i'll pick it up anyways. >> yo, yo, yo, jimmy. let me get my time, man. >> jimmy: oh, kamal, yeah. go ahead, buddy. >> yeah, yeah. a big shout out to shoe laces, baby. they keep the sneaks on your feet. [ laughter ] they come in black, white, red, or any other color you can possibly dream of. i mean, it's nuts! without...
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and we will do whatever it takes to serve our veterans as well as they have served us. this is a sacred trust. that's why we've already played one of the largest increases for veterans in decades. we're treating the signature wounds of today's wars. posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. while providing the health care and benefits that all of our veterans have earned. and we're funding a post-9/11 g.i. bill that helps our veterans and their families pursue the dream of a college education. just as the g.i. bill helped those who fought world war ii, including my grandfather, become the backbone of our middle class, so today's service men and women must have the chance to apply their gifts to expand the american economy. as part of ending a war responsibly is standing by those who have fought it. two weeks ago, america's final combat brigade in iraq, the army's 4th stryker brigade, journeyed home in the predawn darkness. thousands of soldiers and hundreds of vehicles made the trip from baghdad. the last of them passing into kuwait in the early morning
and we will do whatever it takes to serve our veterans as well as they have served us. this is a sacred trust. that's why we've already played one of the largest increases for veterans in decades. we're treating the signature wounds of today's wars. posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. while providing the health care and benefits that all of our veterans have earned. and we're funding a post-9/11 g.i. bill that helps our veterans and their families pursue the dream of a...
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what statutes to use? >> we generally use the general false claims act which allows us to go after defendants for penalties. any time a false claim submitted a cause to be submitted to the government for payment. >> we are going to move to questions. before we do. in terms of people who are in the community, whether they are beneficiaries or are in the medical services industry, but how can they help? what should they be looking for? what can they identify? if they identify problems, what should they do? >> i guess i treated as my credit card. but parents recently turned 65. they watch every statement that comes in and make sure the service is rendered. that is something that you want to do. once a statement shows upcoming you want to review the statement. if there is any discrepancy, you know what? call the doctor out. say, this is correct. if there is no answer, there is a number you can call. say, i disagree with this statement. and do not think i receive these services. can you check into it. 1>> i thi
what statutes to use? >> we generally use the general false claims act which allows us to go after defendants for penalties. any time a false claim submitted a cause to be submitted to the government for payment. >> we are going to move to questions. before we do. in terms of people who are in the community, whether they are beneficiaries or are in the medical services industry, but how can they help? what should they be looking for? what can they identify? if they identify...
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we were awarded some grant funds to help us buy down the incentive rate and to help us buy down the interest rate and the interest rate overall . we have some grant funds covering the costs of managing the program. the bulk fo thof the funding is through private financing. >> the taxpayers are not on the hook for this. the authorization comes from municipal government. with all the liquidity crisis, this financing is available. this is shoveel-ready? >> the money is ready to go. what is important is we have the repayment through the property tax. it made a lot of things -- people didn't want to invest in this. the nice thing is there is a repayment stream. the money can be available now. >> you mentioned, i caught that. there are interest rates. 30% interest rates? or is this 10%? can i deduct my interests against -- can you deduct this? >> you can do this. you should check in with your tax advisor. the interest rate is 7%. just like when you go to close on a mortgage, there are financing fees that go on top of this. the bond rate is 7%. we are trying to keep that. we are getting some fundin
we were awarded some grant funds to help us buy down the incentive rate and to help us buy down the interest rate and the interest rate overall . we have some grant funds covering the costs of managing the program. the bulk fo thof the funding is through private financing. >> the taxpayers are not on the hook for this. the authorization comes from municipal government. with all the liquidity crisis, this financing is available. this is shoveel-ready? >> the money is ready to go....
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most of us in the 80s. that's the low 90s for tuesday, then kris, wednesday a good 10 to 15 degree drop in highs on wednesday. cloudy, maybe rain for northern napa and sonoma county and north of there. that's one day. after that we'll steady off into thursday and friday. that's going to be a big change. the weekend again, looks nice. >> thank you very much. starting this weekend fishermen can bait hooks for king salmon, the first time in three years the fishermen have been allowed to catch that salmon in the bay delta estuary. the vallejo times report as group of fishermen will meet at the first street pier before casting the lines. the season will last through the end of the month. so bait 'em quick. still ahead on the bay area saturday, dentist by day, body builder by night. the bay area woman trying to drill the competition at miss olympia. >> coming up in sports last night in l.a., barry zito continues. the a's throw a shutout and the niners make their cuts early. find out who was on the list in sports.
most of us in the 80s. that's the low 90s for tuesday, then kris, wednesday a good 10 to 15 degree drop in highs on wednesday. cloudy, maybe rain for northern napa and sonoma county and north of there. that's one day. after that we'll steady off into thursday and friday. that's going to be a big change. the weekend again, looks nice. >> thank you very much. starting this weekend fishermen can bait hooks for king salmon, the first time in three years the fishermen have been allowed to...
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they told us that was a rumor as far as the sickout goes. our photographer is monitoring the muni stop. they are leaving the dispatch yard and the signs will be changed to the route lines, but he talked to a driver who would not comment on camera, but said there is not going to be a sickout. folks, we have been monitoring twitter as well and no one reporting delay or problems. the muni system still reporting on time and no sickout. we continue to monitor that through all of the storms and the media and the social network and the wires and our friends at the met toll tan transportation authority. heading into the city and there is the lighter volume. the metering lights with another 15 minutes. the approach looking nice. some of these folks might be reaping the benefit because of the disabled truck. it is clearing so in the next half hour, sorry. pleasant and no more break for you. back to you. >> no more break for you. grab a jacket. the feeling of fall is in the air. >> we will see temperatures warming up. we are starting a warming trend th
they told us that was a rumor as far as the sickout goes. our photographer is monitoring the muni stop. they are leaving the dispatch yard and the signs will be changed to the route lines, but he talked to a driver who would not comment on camera, but said there is not going to be a sickout. folks, we have been monitoring twitter as well and no one reporting delay or problems. the muni system still reporting on time and no sickout. we continue to monitor that through all of the storms and the...
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something people weren't used to seeing. and a business many being held up. and in george washington high school, the farther of our country pointing the pioneers west as they walk over a dead indian. most of the art is not controversial. most of the artists celebrates local produce. this is one of the most extraordinary murals i have seen. at a tuberculosis cemetery. they also painted a mural in san francisco. finally, it's on the outside of the berkeley community theater. all people brought together through the arts. unfortunately, it was not the last. the war came along. and anton refurgie. there were controversial. there were tried in washington in 1953. he had a panel showing the arts and sciences. there is luther burbank and jack london. there was a thing on the side. it says federal art project and has beginning and ending date. that is a wall which becomes a tomb stone. the artists themselves are becoming ghosts. that's what he's doing there. joseph danish. head of the projects, it is it was a wonderful time that he woke up every morning wondering how
something people weren't used to seeing. and a business many being held up. and in george washington high school, the farther of our country pointing the pioneers west as they walk over a dead indian. most of the art is not controversial. most of the artists celebrates local produce. this is one of the most extraordinary murals i have seen. at a tuberculosis cemetery. they also painted a mural in san francisco. finally, it's on the outside of the berkeley community theater. all people brought...
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here it is in use today. this is bernal heights park. you can still see the gutters they put in there. this is buena vista parks. this is quezar park. this is mount davidson. look out for the rock. this is on telegraph park. this is stern grove. this is a little known park above candle stick. here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is wpa. and here's the murals inside the mother's building. the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. the palace of fine arts. we wouldn't have and a little further in, lake merit, this pier. alva rado park and then, some of you my recognize this. the berkeley rose garden. did it have to be this beautiful. finally, i'm going to wrap up. san francisco is rich in the various kinds of arts projects. we have a fabulous collection of stuff here. there were four components. there was visual arts, federal theater, federal musics and federal writers. they e
here it is in use today. this is bernal heights park. you can still see the gutters they put in there. this is buena vista parks. this is quezar park. this is mount davidson. look out for the rock. this is on telegraph park. this is stern grove. this is a little known park above candle stick. here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is...
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and i've used that ever since. it's a tool. people don't use it. i also give the wonder league test, which is an iq test. a lot of people say, why do you need to know? well, i want to know how long it takes you to come up to speed on something. so i'm big on testing. >> that is interesting. we've not heard that on this show yet, but i'm going to go dig into that a little bit. one of the things i would say is first of all, you have to figure out what the job requirements are. the higher needs to identify what are the characteristics of this position and what will fulfill it properly. then when you go and look at those resumes, you'll be able to look at the background factors and the personalities factors you can determine if you want to have them come in and speak with you in an interview. and autos tip is to have multiple people interview when you hire. >> and you know, what i say, also, is that if you can these days, it's more possible than at other times. have a little trial period. >> and one other quick thing, when you're interviewing somebody,
and i've used that ever since. it's a tool. people don't use it. i also give the wonder league test, which is an iq test. a lot of people say, why do you need to know? well, i want to know how long it takes you to come up to speed on something. so i'm big on testing. >> that is interesting. we've not heard that on this show yet, but i'm going to go dig into that a little bit. one of the things i would say is first of all, you have to figure out what the job requirements are. the higher...
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by the later afternoon hours it's to the east of us. about a quarter of an inch in the locations of the north bay. that's up by santa rosa. maybe a tenth on the peninsula with trace amounts on the east bay and south bay. in the south bay look for the clouds to thin out. mid to upper 70s today. 77 saratoga. cupertino, some sunshine here on the peninsula with 76 redwood city. staying pretty cloudy but mild on the coast. 62 in pacifica. san francisco 67 for you with cloudy skies around sunset and richmond district today. and the fog holding on at bodega bay and stinson beach. 76 sonoma. 70 oakland and berkeley today with some filtered sun. and over the hills today should be a fairly decent day. and you lose the cloud cover by late morning early afternoon with 80 brentwood and 80 morgan hill. so fog, mist and drizzle, partly cloudy today. more clouds tomorrow leading to light rain, especially in the north bay in the morning. and then maybe a few light showers peninsula early afternoon east bay and then dry out with fall beginning on wednesd
by the later afternoon hours it's to the east of us. about a quarter of an inch in the locations of the north bay. that's up by santa rosa. maybe a tenth on the peninsula with trace amounts on the east bay and south bay. in the south bay look for the clouds to thin out. mid to upper 70s today. 77 saratoga. cupertino, some sunshine here on the peninsula with 76 redwood city. staying pretty cloudy but mild on the coast. 62 in pacifica. san francisco 67 for you with cloudy skies around sunset and...
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, you know an artist that could use some funding, let us know, and we can help. thank you. [applause] >> part of our mission is to promote civic opportunity end engagement, and thanks to a wonderful city you are helping to run in sentences, you make it truly worthwhile. it is a wonderful opportunity. thank you. [applause] >> item 19. >> madam chair, and 19 has already been called. commissioner chiu: thank you. i appreciate your patience. this is an item of significant importance to an institution within chinatown in my district, which has been in need of significant and expensive seismic work. i noted to do this, we need some tweaks to the bonds are around transferable rights, and we considered this last week at land use and had passed out a version of legislation unanimously, but over the last few days, a number of representatives of other projects have come to a number of us asking for some consideration of changes, so what i would like to propose at this time, because there's not a complete meeting of the mines, is that we do the following -- that we send the
, you know an artist that could use some funding, let us know, and we can help. thank you. [applause] >> part of our mission is to promote civic opportunity end engagement, and thanks to a wonderful city you are helping to run in sentences, you make it truly worthwhile. it is a wonderful opportunity. thank you. [applause] >> item 19. >> madam chair, and 19 has already been called. commissioner chiu: thank you. i appreciate your patience. this is an item of significant...
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and what can each one of us do to help? our discussion with around duncan, leading reformer and chancellor of washington, d.c. schools, michelle rhee, randi weingarten, president of the federation of teachers. and robert bobb, emergency financial manager of detroit and robert bobb, emergency financial manager of detroit public schools. captions paid for by nbc-universal television 0. >>> but first, to politics and the divided congress. what will republicans do in power? this week, republican leaders in the house unveiled their pledge to america, campaign manifesto that's the 2010 version of the gop's contract with america from 1994. the highlights -- extend the bush tax cuts, cut spending, and repeal health care reform. >> our pledge to america is that the republicans stand ready to get it done and beginning today. >> but the question is, are these new ideas or more of the same? here to debate that question among others, one of the architects of the republican pledge, the chairman of the house republican congress, represent
and what can each one of us do to help? our discussion with around duncan, leading reformer and chancellor of washington, d.c. schools, michelle rhee, randi weingarten, president of the federation of teachers. and robert bobb, emergency financial manager of detroit and robert bobb, emergency financial manager of detroit public schools. captions paid for by nbc-universal television 0. >>> but first, to politics and the divided congress. what will republicans do in power? this week,...
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and then the city council bailed us out and gave us enough support to keep this school open. $1.5 million last year. we went back, asked again, and they granted that wish. and we're just relieved and pleased. and we know we're not out of the woods yet. we have a long-term solution that we have to come up, but putting our heads together, work together, we believe we can do that working with the city. >> reporter: well, ultimately the city decided to do this, but i believe there was one council member that had some concerns that perhaps the schoolboard was using the city as an atm, going back for more money. what do you say to that? >> last night that was a common theme that was put out there by councilman bates, but he's a well-intentioned person, been on the council far while, and i think he was just expressing his frustration about the current situation and know that cities and schools traditionally haven't had a collaboration. but now moving forward in the future, 21st century thinking, we have to find every way to fund our schools. so the city coming together with us to make this happe
and then the city council bailed us out and gave us enough support to keep this school open. $1.5 million last year. we went back, asked again, and they granted that wish. and we're just relieved and pleased. and we know we're not out of the woods yet. we have a long-term solution that we have to come up, but putting our heads together, work together, we believe we can do that working with the city. >> reporter: well, ultimately the city decided to do this, but i believe there was one...
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short to bring back to the board and give us more information. i'm willing to continue and i'm open to changing my leanings based on additional information. i'm not going to be close-minded. commissioner garcia: we might have the votes for a continueance and i will ask the appellant and asking if you are interested in continuing. how much time do you think this process would take? you want a month or more? >> i'm going to be out of town starting the end of the month. so it might -- if it's possible to schedule this for next week. september 22, i will still be here. we actually have all of the data that we need. it just requires me to sit down and look at some scenarios with possible replacement trees. we have all the measurements. commissioner fung: want to talk about a potential date for a continueance. you may step forward and discuss that only. >> i will be out of town on september 22. but i'm happy -- commissioner fung: full board meeting would be october 13. >> i think we should do it on the 22. commissioner garcia: when will you be back. >>
short to bring back to the board and give us more information. i'm willing to continue and i'm open to changing my leanings based on additional information. i'm not going to be close-minded. commissioner garcia: we might have the votes for a continueance and i will ask the appellant and asking if you are interested in continuing. how much time do you think this process would take? you want a month or more? >> i'm going to be out of town starting the end of the month. so it might -- if...
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us? >> smith, sfmta. we adopted our budget plan just last year. every five years we adopt a new bike plan and fund bicycle project. we are scheduled to do this again, funded to start the process again in two years adapt another bike plan to the state of affairs in san francisco. look at these things within the context that it will not be long before the next bite plan is due to be put together. -- next bike plan is due to be put together. for us to go back at this point and look at adapting the bike plan to fit in the recommendations and to environmental review, it would be very expensive and take a lot of time. every time we begin a process like that, we have to survey all of the locations where we have planned by improvements, see what new developments are out there, and if it is being incorporated in the numbers. our last by plan environmental review was so expensive it took about three years for us to complete. we would definitely have to spend a lot of time we doing analysis of the l
us? >> smith, sfmta. we adopted our budget plan just last year. every five years we adopt a new bike plan and fund bicycle project. we are scheduled to do this again, funded to start the process again in two years adapt another bike plan to the state of affairs in san francisco. look at these things within the context that it will not be long before the next bite plan is due to be put together. -- next bike plan is due to be put together. for us to go back at this point and look at...
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that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of san francisco, we thank you for shepherding this institution through this incredible growth phase, and thank you for being part of "culture wire." >> my pleasure, thank you. >> the museum has exciting anni >> thank you. thank you. thank you for being here. >> santa clara graduate. truth be told. i couldn't get into cal and berkeley. it is not all about cal and berkeley. but of course drew is a better baseball player and moved on in his life and i'm stuck in public service which is hardly a place to feel stuck. i'm very enlivened by it, but i'm trying to ma
that is one of the things that is very important to us. we are about to enter a strategic planning process. the fundamental question we want to address is, how wil sfmoma growth and enhanced its engagement with the community? it is not enough that the museum has great works in its collection, has great exhibitions, wonderful education programs, it is how does the institution grow and enhance its relationship with the community. it is very important to us. >> on behalf of the residents of...
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it appears app use may not be big. a release this morning found while 82% of adults have cellphones, only 35% have apps and only 24 use those apps. 11% said they didn't even know what an app was. in fact, of all the non-voice-related things people do with cellphones, app use ranked dead last. what topped the list of related things to do with your cellphones, guess. >> taking pictures. >> taking pictures. how did you know? >> those numbers are gonna change a lot in the next year. 6:25 our time. still ahead at 6:30, new trouble for toyota. >> the admission that has some questioning the company's explanation for so-called acceleration problems. >> a very big changing made to its website. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san bruno. federal investigation on the scene investigating last week's deadly explosion and fire here. what are they doing in different parts of the bay area? for example, milpitas yesterday at gas control stations. >> thanks to our clouds and drizzle, flight arrival delays into sfo 42 minutes. flight depar
it appears app use may not be big. a release this morning found while 82% of adults have cellphones, only 35% have apps and only 24 use those apps. 11% said they didn't even know what an app was. in fact, of all the non-voice-related things people do with cellphones, app use ranked dead last. what topped the list of related things to do with your cellphones, guess. >> taking pictures. >> taking pictures. how did you know? >> those numbers are gonna change a lot in the next...
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this is where necessity used to call home. he is thankful all he lost is the house. >> he and the family and dog are safe. they came to the meeting to get some answers but he's not su people he'll ask will tell them what he needs to know. >> what i would like to know, what do they plan on doing. this is a 30-inch pipe that runs through our neighborhood. if i'm going rebuild i want to make sure th the remaining lines -- >> he would like them directed away from homes. he is 35 and now lost the only home he's ever known. >> growing up there and you know everybody out there. that whole block. i live on glenview. people i went to school with and parents still ve there. >> they both want to see left of their homes and salvage whatever they can justor the memories. >> right now i'm living with my aunt. >> you are looking at the devastation from sky 7. this is the area that many people want to get back in to. the are of some 80 plus homes tha have either been destroyed or extremely damaged by the explosion and resulting fire. the meet
this is where necessity used to call home. he is thankful all he lost is the house. >> he and the family and dog are safe. they came to the meeting to get some answers but he's not su people he'll ask will tell them what he needs to know. >> what i would like to know, what do they plan on doing. this is a 30-inch pipe that runs through our neighborhood. if i'm going rebuild i want to make sure th the remaining lines -- >> he would like them directed away from homes. he is 35...
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or sister right next to us. no one with could be closer. there is that pull. that pull is so powerful. it was a love story, always. >> do you think you knew that before you started writing this? >> i knew i had to be as close to my brother as i could possibly be. i am sure that pull is part of it. >> you have a daughter and stepson as well? >> i have 1 daughter and 1 stepson who i am close to. >> has this changed how you are around them as well? >> absolutely. my daughter casey has a half brother she is very close to. i say to all of them, you are a team. you have each other through life. you are a team. you do a lot of things together as the 2 families, very, very close. >> this seems like a good moment to open up any question that is you all may want to ask about the writing process, about siblings, anything else. >>>> is there something you could read to us from the book that you would feel that we wouldn't understand unless you read it? >> you have any ideas? >> it is a real sort of testish. she has put it t
or sister right next to us. no one with could be closer. there is that pull. that pull is so powerful. it was a love story, always. >> do you think you knew that before you started writing this? >> i knew i had to be as close to my brother as i could possibly be. i am sure that pull is part of it. >> you have a daughter and stepson as well? >> i have 1 daughter and 1 stepson who i am close to. >> has this changed how you are around them as well? >>...
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city staff members themselves what, bite, use transit ticket to work. the police department was fully consulted in the creation of the plan and the police department's response is police officers experience traffic safety and full-time bicycle officers should be utilized in the development of policy. i would be in agreement. supervisor maxwell: i would recommend that we adopt the mta response. having a different range of participation in the workshops that have gone through should be accounted for, even though it may not have been part of the acknowledgment. i think we should probably add to the mta response and say that police officers experience in traffic, bike safety, should be more fully utilized in the development of the policy. supervisor maxwell: also in the next plan that they and the pedestrians and more police officers. the recommendation from the sfpd should be seen soon. >> -- supervisor mar: without objection. 2d, further discussion or revision of the plan should include the police, pedestrians, public transit riders, motorists. police inv
city staff members themselves what, bite, use transit ticket to work. the police department was fully consulted in the creation of the plan and the police department's response is police officers experience traffic safety and full-time bicycle officers should be utilized in the development of policy. i would be in agreement. supervisor maxwell: i would recommend that we adopt the mta response. having a different range of participation in the workshops that have gone through should be accounted...
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one tow which some people would like us to return. here's a guy himself, that's actually a light bounce off of fdr roosevelt. this was his chakra. this was march 4th, 1933. he made the statement and he made it, i didn't understand a long time. the point i was making, people were terrified. because it seemed like the economy had no bottom and the banks were going down and there was no federal deposit dollars. so imagine a time when we actually had a president who told us we should be courageous rather than trafficked in fear. to his own advantage. there's been a long war on the new deal. it was when roosevelt got started. almost immediately, the more than great realized the lengths he was willing to go. at the beginning, roosevelt didn't understand how far he was going to go. the dupont family and the ones that set up the american liberty league. that was successful because they have unlimited amounts of money. there were so popular, they were not able to stop it. they began to finance right-wing think tanks. they have been successful
one tow which some people would like us to return. here's a guy himself, that's actually a light bounce off of fdr roosevelt. this was his chakra. this was march 4th, 1933. he made the statement and he made it, i didn't understand a long time. the point i was making, people were terrified. because it seemed like the economy had no bottom and the banks were going down and there was no federal deposit dollars. so imagine a time when we actually had a president who told us we should be courageous...
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it's still in use. the stables out there. they are meant so the public would have the opportunity previously only available to the elite, as it so often the case, as is with golf. like lincoln park built by the wpa. think of the experiences that people have had and the history which is embodied in them. there is daves tennis stadium. here it is, this was a tournament for inner-city youth. archery at golden gate park. our play grounds. here it is in use today. this is bernal heights park. you can still see the gutters they put in there. this is buena vista parks. this is quezar park. this is mount davidson. look out for the rock. this is on telegraph park. this is stern grove. this is a little known park above candle stick. here's my friend jake, standing by a wall. this was rosy play ground. they turned it into a park and it was also restored by wpa. i believe they torn down the house, which was unforgivable and the zoo is wpa. and here's the murals inside the mother's building. the marina sea walls and great aquatic park. th
it's still in use. the stables out there. they are meant so the public would have the opportunity previously only available to the elite, as it so often the case, as is with golf. like lincoln park built by the wpa. think of the experiences that people have had and the history which is embodied in them. there is daves tennis stadium. here it is, this was a tournament for inner-city youth. archery at golden gate park. our play grounds. here it is in use today. this is bernal heights park. you...
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iwould like to thank gavin newsom and the mayor's office for inviting us here. the consul general would like to continue our very good relationship working together in the bay area. i'll have a couple of words for the community. [speaking spanish] [applause] >> i already -- i don't need to translate it. >> guatemala? [applause] >> first of all, i want to mention that i am not the ambassador, because he has been detained for the work that we do for the temporary protection status with the people of guatemala. i want to thank the city for this wonderful work that they have done for the immigrants, and we celebrate this 15th of september with our sister countries, and also with mexico. and again, we would like to thank the city of san francisco. thank you. [speaking spanish] >> mexico. >> thank you very much. we're very proud to be here today, on the celebration of the bicentennial. and the continuation of the mexican revolution. these are very important days for mexico and mexicans. and in northern california, this is a special meaning. we have contributed to buil
iwould like to thank gavin newsom and the mayor's office for inviting us here. the consul general would like to continue our very good relationship working together in the bay area. i'll have a couple of words for the community. [speaking spanish] [applause] >> i already -- i don't need to translate it. >> guatemala? [applause] >> first of all, i want to mention that i am not the ambassador, because he has been detained for the work that we do for the temporary protection...
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thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. take
thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you...
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lisa amin is live at the scene for us in richmond. lisa? >> reporter: carolyn -- >> carolyn, we are at the ranch 99 market in richmond where there is an active scene going on behind me. police are trying to piece together this very, very complicated situation. chp officials confirm their officer shot and killed murder suspect valdamaro. he is not the only one who is dead. his girlfriend who police say was kidnapped this morning from vallejo is dead inside of the car. investigators believe she was dead before he got here to richmond. chp officers began chasing him soon after spotting him. he exited highway 80 at central avenue and ended up in this shopping center parking lot. >>> at the termination point of the pursuit, the suspect fled the vehicle and went into the shopping center. two officers confronted the suspect. the suspect failed to obey commands in which the chp officers discharged their firearms and the suspect suffered fatal injuries inside of the shopping center. >> this is very complicated connection. we are all still trying to
lisa amin is live at the scene for us in richmond. lisa? >> reporter: carolyn -- >> carolyn, we are at the ranch 99 market in richmond where there is an active scene going on behind me. police are trying to piece together this very, very complicated situation. chp officials confirm their officer shot and killed murder suspect valdamaro. he is not the only one who is dead. his girlfriend who police say was kidnapped this morning from vallejo is dead inside of the car. investigators...
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-- who have written to us, and is it compatible? i think we're going to hear from the product sponsors, but there are so many questions about methodology, that i do not see it as sufficient. i would like to see a larger radius when we are dealing with unique stores. even smaller places like about 2 miles away, but i would like to see idifferent methodology. >> the quarter mile radius is only one thing to look at. we looked at a quarter mile radius but also looked at the adjacent village. this is just one criteria we looked at. that is not the only factor. i wanted to clarify. supervisor chu: i know you indicated this is the site currently vacated. i just wonder if there were other projects that had been proposed for the site. >> this is not a difficult fight. this particular shopping mall has been difficult for the owner thule's, -- for the honor to lease. region owner t -- the owner to lease. >> how long has it been vacant? >> about a year. supervisor elsbernd: the predecessor, was it a formula of retail? >> it was. >> how large a
-- who have written to us, and is it compatible? i think we're going to hear from the product sponsors, but there are so many questions about methodology, that i do not see it as sufficient. i would like to see a larger radius when we are dealing with unique stores. even smaller places like about 2 miles away, but i would like to see idifferent methodology. >> the quarter mile radius is only one thing to look at. we looked at a quarter mile radius but also looked at the adjacent village....
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are the states using the programs and have a lot of people that will benefit from continuing to use them? >> the common currency with all the states is that the color of money is green. the states we're going after are red. mississippi, texas, and states similar to those are read states. we believe that when the true facts are put on the table that people will believe this is a bipartisan issue. we want to keep america working. it is important for us to know that less risk is taken out of our decisions every day a small business owners. this will take a tremendous amount of risk out of our decisions for the next year. >they have used the program. i talked to a woman yesterday it with a delightful mississippi accent. she said this was the most successful program we have ever done. she said they could not spend the money fast enough. that goes to the same thing that trent and mayor newsom were saying. she said she had small business owners clamoring to take people off of the unemployment rolls. it is not left coast or east coast. it is every coast and esstate in between. >> the campaign? >
are the states using the programs and have a lot of people that will benefit from continuing to use them? >> the common currency with all the states is that the color of money is green. the states we're going after are red. mississippi, texas, and states similar to those are read states. we believe that when the true facts are put on the table that people will believe this is a bipartisan issue. we want to keep america working. it is important for us to know that less risk is taken out of...
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thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city.
thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through...
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. >> the president of the united states just saying, hey, please help us. help us. help us make this change. >> couple of questions about private funders. has the private and foundations gravitated beyond your foundation, is this an easy sell? >> what we have to do is make these models and make them really good. that is what has happened with the schoolyard. we put a lot of money into one. we have one in new orleans. it is amazing. this has been an idea, not a berkeley or san francisco idea, something that requires a kind of special fill anthropi and what better way to buy food than people that need money in that city? so the farmer's market is helping to supply the school. now the kids are going out into the neighborhood and picking up cans and bottles and examing them, recycling them, making them into art work. it is a beautiful project. and it is a universal idea, as i say, it is not something that we dreamed up. this is the way people have been living since the beginning, buying things from local people. eating them together with the family and friends. we are j
. >> the president of the united states just saying, hey, please help us. help us. help us make this change. >> couple of questions about private funders. has the private and foundations gravitated beyond your foundation, is this an easy sell? >> what we have to do is make these models and make them really good. that is what has happened with the schoolyard. we put a lot of money into one. we have one in new orleans. it is amazing. this has been an idea, not a berkeley or san...
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thanks for joining us. i'm will thomas. >> and i'm maureen umeh. tonight we have learned who the victim is and what she was doing when the car hit her and just took off. family members fear she may not survive. >> reporter: 25-year-old daniela was born in guatemala. most recently worked and lived about a block from where she was hit at 8:00 saturday night. struck just a few feet away from her boyfriend's home. >> i heard a thump and it sounded like a car hit another car. >> reporter: they are looking all they can to find a driver of what they believe was a small dark sedan, possibly a honda. they say the force of the impact caused some damage. and even a piece of evidence was left behind. >> it did leave the right-hand side exterior passenger mirror on the scene after it struck her. >> reporter: neighbors say this narrow stretch of carol avenue can be hazardous. many drivers ignore the speed limit we're told, even with a school just across the street. >> i've seen the crossing guard almost get hit trying to cross the kids to school. so people don't
thanks for joining us. i'm will thomas. >> and i'm maureen umeh. tonight we have learned who the victim is and what she was doing when the car hit her and just took off. family members fear she may not survive. >> reporter: 25-year-old daniela was born in guatemala. most recently worked and lived about a block from where she was hit at 8:00 saturday night. struck just a few feet away from her boyfriend's home. >> i heard a thump and it sounded like a car hit another car....
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and at no cost to us. we will not miss our sickly flouring gum tree with roots destroying our sidewalk but we were dismayed to hear that the other trees would be in place. as they have seen the large city-installed and maintained trees that obscure the distinctive facades behind them. homes like ben and carols that used to grace calendars and post cards, homes that tourists and history buffs struggle to appreciate through dens foliage. do people flock to our historic district to see the trees or the architecture. is it mike's tree on the right or is it gordon's home on the left that is the main attraction? and why would the d.p.w. wish to perpetrate a costly and dangerous sidewalk scenario on our block when we are willing to remove 10 trees and plant 14 new ones at our expense? and when there's an opportunity to plant top-performing trees with unobject truce i have root structures, saving the city lots of money in sidewalk repairs and lowering the city's exposure to lawsuits from dangerous sidewalks. like
and at no cost to us. we will not miss our sickly flouring gum tree with roots destroying our sidewalk but we were dismayed to hear that the other trees would be in place. as they have seen the large city-installed and maintained trees that obscure the distinctive facades behind them. homes like ben and carols that used to grace calendars and post cards, homes that tourists and history buffs struggle to appreciate through dens foliage. do people flock to our historic district to see the trees...
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all of us make mistakes and all of us sometimes fail. sometimes with relationships or investments or fail with jobs. um... i flunked my first driving test when i was 16 and totald the car while parallel parking and some student wills not get into college. really when you fail it's not the end of the road. it's more of an opportunity and away to find a different path. when i come to those moments in life, i think of the perz yen proverb that says when it's dark you can see the star. for those of you that have been there, i failed get a really good sunset picture on,k 2. this is actually a volcano in mexico but i love this climbing photo to end the climing sequence. so, here's our dirt bag climbers. done with the climb and it's time for me to head back to berkley. i was very weak and fortunately, we were still alive. that year five of 12 climbers that ascending died during the descend. i had to walk five days back to the nearest village to catch a jeep back to civilization. as i got to the village a string of kids started grabbing on to me
all of us make mistakes and all of us sometimes fail. sometimes with relationships or investments or fail with jobs. um... i flunked my first driving test when i was 16 and totald the car while parallel parking and some student wills not get into college. really when you fail it's not the end of the road. it's more of an opportunity and away to find a different path. when i come to those moments in life, i think of the perz yen proverb that says when it's dark you can see the star. for those of...
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they listened to us. we had a disastrous block just the way this 800 block is, a michigan mash of all different trees -- mish mash of all different trees and most of them inappropriate because they are new zealand christmas trees, the same we have in the 800 block. we moved forward on this. it was -- we got approval from the department of public works and they encouraged us to go to it. we got rid of all the unfortunate trees that were on the block, similar to the ones that are on the 800 block now. in their place, we planted nine trees. all consistent in height. i can't tell you the number of tourists that see these every single day. and they see the 800 block every single day. bus after bus after bus comes by to see these trees. there is more than to consider than just the tree. it's the beauty of this city. >> thank you. >> any other public comment? seeing none. we move into rebuttal. ms. short, you have three minutes. >> thank you. i don't think i have too much more to add other than to make a note th
they listened to us. we had a disastrous block just the way this 800 block is, a michigan mash of all different trees -- mish mash of all different trees and most of them inappropriate because they are new zealand christmas trees, the same we have in the 800 block. we moved forward on this. it was -- we got approval from the department of public works and they encouraged us to go to it. we got rid of all the unfortunate trees that were on the block, similar to the ones that are on the 800 block...